Clean Steel Laboratory (CSL)
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), IIT Bombay
Principal Investigator
Prof. Manish M Pande
Associate Professor (Feb 2024- present)
Assistant Professor (Aug, 2017- Feb 2024)
MEMS, IIT Bombay
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Email: manish.pande@iitb.ac.in
Phone: 91-22-2576-7609
Area of interest
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Steelmaking; Thermodynamics of steelmaking reactions;
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Steel cleanness; Deoxidation equilibria; Inclusions characterization;
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Slag engineering; Refractory-slag-steel interactions;
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Induction furnace steelmaking;
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Metallic foams
Educational background
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B.E. (Metallurgical Engineering) from VRCE (now VNIT) Nagpur
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M.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science) from IIT Bombay
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Ph.D (Metallurgical Engineering) from KU Leuven, Belgium
Teaching
MM 801 Specialty Steels: Making and Casting; MM 439 Ironmaking and Steelmaking; MM 624 Advanced Concepts in Steel Making; read more ..
Educational background
B.Tech (Metallurgy Engineering) - BIT Sindari Dhanbad (2010-2014)
M.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering) - IIT BHU Varanasi (2015-2017)
Ankit Anand Raja
(2019-present)
Thesis topic
Modelling of Physico-Chemical Phenomena during induration of Single hematite Pellet
Educational background
B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering)
M.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering) - IIT BHU Varanasi
Thesis topic
Thermodynamics of the refining reactions in induction furnace steelmaking route
Puja Kumari
(2024-present)
Educational background
B.E (Mechanical/production Engineering) - PDA College of Engineering, Gulbarga (2010-2014)
M.Tech ((Manufacturing Engineering) - VIT University Vellore (2015-2017)
Arun kumar
(2025-present)
Thesis topic
Techno-Economic Modelling of green steel production pathways
PhD Students
Educational background
B.Tech (Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)- NIFFT (now NIAMT) Ranchi (2011-2015)
M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy) - IIT Roorkee (2018-2020)
Sanjay
(2020-present)
Thesis topic
Formation mechanism and evolution of non-metallic inclusions in high alloy steel
Alumni
Postdoctoral researcher
2025
Dr. Mir Ishfaq (20003646)
(2024-2025)
Ph.D. : IIT Bombay
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Current affiliation: Project executive officer, IIT Kanpur
Ph.D.
2024
Dr. Mir Ishfaq
(2018-2024)
Education background
B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) - NIT Srinagar (2010-2014)
M.E (Materials Engineering - IISc Bangaluru (2015-2017)
Ph.D. (MEMS) - IIT Bombay (2018-2024)
Ph.D. thesis topic
Thermodynamic study of aluminium-oxygen equilibrium and inclusion formation in high aluminium steels
Current affiliation: Project executive officer, IIT Kanpur
M.Tech and Dual Degree
2024
Mr. Abhijeet Mohanta (22m1863)
M.Tech thesis title: Influence of Ti addition on the inclusion characteristics in Al-killed steel
2023
Ms. Saijal Rekhani (18d110008)
DD thesis title: Investigating and improving induction furnace steelmaking process in India
2023
Mr. Ajeet Kumar (213110039)
M.Tech thesis topic: The experimental analysis of the inclusion formation in Ti-containing liquid steel
2022
Mr. B. Vinith (203110010)
M.tech thesis title: Thermodynamic study of inclusions modification in liquid steel
2021
Mr. Gaurav Verma (193110007)
M.tech thesis topic: Thermodynamic study of Al-Ca-Ti-O inclusions in steelmaking